>> pam :off the top at eleven: an east bay police department. cracking down on cold cases -- trying to clear out some old files, and bring some long sought after criminals. to justice. tonight, pinole's police chief sits down with us. one-on-one. to discuss what he is hoping to gain from the new unit. kron-4's philippe djegal has our exclusive. >> : "i understand that its probably a needle in a haystack." >> phillip :for pinole investigators, time is not on their side. >> : "but i'm very very confident that with our team, with the relentless pursuit of being able to uncover that needle this is going to be able to do that." >> phillip :nearly two years as chief of police in pinole. neil gang wants to finally bring closure to the amber swartz- garcia abduction case from 1988.

>> : "that's our oldest case. then we also have two other cold case homicides that we're still looking at and still working." >> phillip :including the bowling alley execution of 19- year-old brandon young in 2008. >> : "he was sitting with his facing the bowling lanes somebody came up behind him and riddle him with bullets, and it was just execution style cold blooded homicide." >> phillip :as for amber, she vanished from her front yard in 1988 and hasn't been seen since. though this is what an aged- enhanced photo shows she'd look like today. a convicted child molester and killer confessed to her murder in 2007. still, her body has never been found. and, for that reason, on the 27th anniversary of amber's dissappearance last month, her mother kim saying she hasn't given up hope that her daughter is still alive. >> : "i believe its entirely possible. jaycee duggard was found alive after many years." >> phillip :in 2013, pinole

police officially reopened amber's case. >> : "so, philippe, let me take you down." >> phillip :and, just a few months ago, chief gang launched a cold case unit to sift through boxes and boxes of old case files and evidence. clearly, by shear volume no easy task. >> : "whether its suspect leads, whether its evidence, whether its witnesses. so, you could see the magnitude of what the challenges is for these investigators to go through. when we say we're looking at cases, this is now hopefully people will understand is exactly what that means." >> : "memories deteriorate over time." >> phillip :daryl england spent 28 year with the contra costa county sheriff's office and is one of two reitred investigators recruited to this unit. >> : "i was the sergeant supervising the office when laci peterson washed up on the shores of richmond." >> phillip :england will work with detectives in the criminal investigations division, supervised by detective

sergeant rich jensen to crack these unsolved cases. >> : "we didn't have the technology in 1988 that we do now and so getting it organized and getting it so we can figure out who suspects are, we have t talk about, that's our emphasis right now." >> : "they're just very vigilant and they're not gonna give up." >> phillip :the year she was born amber swartz' father was killed in the line of duty working as a pinole police officer. added inspiration, chief gang says, to bring closure to this case. >> : "if that needle is in this haystack, in one of those boxes we need to find out where it is and uncover that." >> phillip :in pinole, philippe djegal kron four news. >> pam :thousands of bart riders delayed today. after a power line crashed down at the walnut creek bart station. it shutdown service in both directions between lafayette and concord for several hours. kron-4's jeff bush joins us now from lafayette. where people were stranded, while they waited for bart to get back on track. jeff? >> jeff :it was a rough day for

writers were stuff here at the lafayette station in the summer heat. the heat only added to the misery. there was a wall of people at least four deepwaiting on the sidewalk outside the lafayette bart station. the problems started at six. everyone was told to get off the trainstranded and crankythe only thing they could do is waitand waitand wait. many were complaining about the lack of communication and the lack of bus bridges and how long it was taking to get things back to normalit was not a good day to depend on bart. when the buses finally did show up, it was a mad rush to get on boardas you can imagine, the inconvience of the day took it's toll on people's moods. >>:i've been out here waiting in the hot weather. there's nobody who has come out here and told us what to do. there was no information that was given to us when we were on the bart train itselfsaying why we had to get off at lafayette.

>>:it's just crazy out here. everyone is just trying to go home and i'm trying to go home myself. the first bus to show up was an hour after six o=clock. and they take people from one stop to another stop. so, the problem that i have with bart is that you have all these people stranded and nobody knows where the buses are going. >>:horribleit was crazy. people were fighting to get on the first busscreamingscary. >> jeff :bart service resumed about 8:45 this evening. i'm jeff bush, live in layfette, kron four news. >> pam :today in livermore. firefighters were able to fully contain a raging grass fire that burned at least 53- acres. and destroyed several structures. the wildfire broke out in the area of tesla road and clifford drive at around 4. fire crews were able to contain the fire almost 3 -hours later.

but not before it damaged a home and destroyed a barn. the homeowner was thankfull of the firefighters efforts. >>:luckily they saved the car and the saddles and house as well so thanks to the firefighters. >> pam :one firefighter was injured when trying to cut out the blaze known as on the injury and investigators are still trying to figure out the cause of the fire

>> pam :in oakland today. a possible new development in a cold case disappearance from the 1990's. involving a teenage girl. kron 4's charles clifford has details. >> charles :the trace descent to this home where christian used to lift. kristen used to live there after they found this and they contacted the police department. the dog is strange to find human remains--trained >>:today we are looking into seeing if there's anything meal to follow up on to take the next up in this case. just to bring closure not to just the family but the community. >> charles :he also took soil samples and it should help

investigators move forward. he says it should take about a month to finish the led test-- lab >> pam :coming up: a north bay man. makes a major decision after his neighbors confront him over the confederate flag in front of his house. new developments in the investigation of last week's deadly balcony collapse in berkeley. and the husband of a bay area day care worker, accused of despicable acts with a 5-year- old girl.

>> pam : a daycare worker in novato. was arrested on a child molestation charge. authorities say, 43-year-old emilio bencomo. inappropirately touched a 5-year-old girl, at happy hippos daycare. the novato daycare also happens to be where bencomo lives. he was arrested yesterday. and has since bailed out. officials have already notified parents and guardians of children attending the daycare. about the incident. a north

coming up: two young children make a daring escape in the south bay, when fire engulfs their home. and stars and stripes. over stars and bars. see how one man is changing the way his neighbors feel about the flag outside his home. >> gary :and we'll have your sports later in the broadcast >> reporter :and as we prepare for a cooling trend alitalia how long the temperatures will stick around coming up in your forecast--i'lll tell you

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>> pam :the confederate flag has long been a source of controversy in the nation. that furor intensified after the massacre at a south carolina church by a man who used the flag as his symbol of hate. those concerns reached the north household bay. where a petaluma man had been flying the flag outside his home. but not anymore. kron four's scott rates explains the change. >> scott :the son shining on a much different flag on lassen st. in petaluma thursday afternoon, this quite the contrast just 24 hours prior >> : i couldn't believe it i looked at it as he tried

--hatred >> scott :on wednesday neighbors were surprised to see the confederate battle flag waving in the wind janice cader-thompson has lived in this petaluma community for more than 30 years. she's glad this flag was taken down and feels that in light of the racially charged mass shooting in south carolina the timing for flying this flag, was in bad taste >> : the fact is a 21 year-old rap and self around the flag because of hatred and killed nine people-wrapped himself >> scott :on wednesday we spoke to the owner of the home who would only go by "travis" he did not show his face on camera, but defended his choice. today i wanted to ask "travis "about the change in flags but he did not answer his door; he did however post this lengthy statement underneath the now american flag. it say's "those of you who felt offended by the confederate battle flag i displayed, might want to consider getting the united states flag changed, native americans may take offence to it" >> :

that is his, point of his and is not my point of view. i have not heard from many native americans that they are offended >> scott :the statement goes on to say, "the purpose behind this exercise is to get people discussing the first amendment." at the bottom it's says: "i would like to thank everyone who voiced their opinions both for and against my display" >> : i think it could be friends with this guy and i have been friends the table on both sides--with people on both sides may be one of these days i will go and knock on his door >> reporter :here at the raceway nascar racing this weekend. they came out in support of the

removal of the confederate flag we asked fans who came out this weekend to say what they thought about it. some thought it was politically motivated and they should stay out of it. others thought nascar did the right thing. >> reporter :here in san jose to children are in critical condition with burns after a fire erupts in their home. take a look right here, those are the fingerprints of the children. the children had to jump out of the window in order to estate. another person was also injured in this fire she suffered smoke inhalation. these people smashed the window in the front of the home to help the fire get out police are investigating the cause of the fire >> reporter :the attorney says for office will take over the

balcony investigation. >>: we will look at the losses as criminal negligence >> reporter :both of those balcony's there in the custody of law enforcement and are being considered possible evidence in this investigation. the d.a. would not say who might be the target of her investigation >> reporter :we are going to have a cooling down. tomorrow '90s inland. upper '70's for the east bay. some high clouds and cooler temperatures for the weekends because this system is the source of high clouds which will close down quite a bit compared

to today morning lows overnight a handful of sixties in inland locations and upper 50 in the bay area your club cover for tomorrow-- cloud as you can see by 5:00 a.m. and moves off to the coast and pulls back a little bit but by lunch time we have scattered clouds partly in the bay area. most of the cloud cover is staying off the coast for you plenty of sunshine and it is going to be hot in the inland locations. those scattered clouds will remain calm saturday and cooler days ahead

temperatures 74 for oakland up in the north bay center rosa gets' about 84 degrees. here is your seven day forecast a cool down is expected dropping us down and should last all week long >> pam :coming up in sports. the oakland a's climb out of last place. and the giants tie a franchise record at home and the warriors add to their championship roster, at the n-b- a draft gary has all the highlights next

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(vo) you can pass down a subaru forester. (dad) she's all yours. (vo) but you get to keep the memories. love. it's what makes a subaru a subaru. >> gary :baseball a around these parts had a real nice day over 40,000 to watch brandon crawford the liver--deliver the giants had four triples sergio romanoo posey with the score

he had three rbis a season-high 13 runs and a season-high 19 hits the a's are rolling. a's going for the sweep in arlington, texas bottom 4th/ scoreless mitch moreland solo home run off sonny gray 1-0 rangers but look at the kid who caught the home run after snagging it on a bounce at first he is stunned he actually caught it then is overwhelmingly overjoyed great stuff! top 7th after the a's took a 4-3 lead on a basesloaded walk john reddick lines one into right field for a single eric sogard scores stephen vogt beats the throw home 6-3 a's final: 6-3 a's a's season-best 5th straight win 9 of last 11 sweep rangers in 3 games when you win the world championship you pick late.

>>:the golden state warriors like him from ucla >> gary :the warriors pick a young fellow from ucla a young player who hasn't been heard much about is 6 ft. 9 in. and played almost every position for ucla and here is bob myers >>: we like his skill and his ability to handle the ball a little bit with and three-point shots >>:this is one of the best opportunities to learn from one of the best players in the

league so i'm happy and excited >> gary :hear the top five nba draft top 5 picks 1: karl-anthony towns 2: d'angelo russell 3: jahlil okafor 4: kristaps porzingis 5: mario hezonja the kings take 6-11 willie cauley-stein out of kentucky with the 6th overall pick he is condiered the best defender in the draft and delon wright of utah who attended city college of san francisco goes 20th overall to the toronto raptors stanford's anthony brown went in the 2nd round th34 th overall pick to the l.a. lakers steph curry visited young basket-ball players at his today some camp attendants got to go one-on-one with the reigning m- v-p and learn some fundamentals from the all-star curry also brought out the larry o'brien championship trophy for the campers over 150 9 - to - 16 year olds are attending this year's camp this camp is part of the

warriors basketball camps that host 30-thousand kids across california it looks like he's to wrest more during the tournament than now that he's one--rest >> pam :good night everybody see you ♪ ♪

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donald trump, beauty pageant fallout. the big tv network saying adios to the miss usa pageant. >> they want me to stop telling the fact. >> and the shocking new poll. he's number two. then, whitney houston's daughter bobbi kristina. are these her final days? >> the expectation is that they're not going to live for more than six months. >> dukes of hazard controversy. the legendary tv car. under fire for the confederate flag. >> what do you say to folks who say it's a little bit offensive? >> favored treatment for the son of a celebrity? >> if he was not puff daddy's kid would he be playi